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Japanese black bears live in forested regions of Honshu and Shikoku. The bears are “ecosystem engineers,” a new study claims, because when they break tree branches, the gaps allow light to reach other plants.

A study in mice show long-lasting effects from courses of antibiotics early in life.

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DON’T LET THE FUNGUS GET ME North America’s extreme diversity of salamanders (lungless Ensatina eschscholtziifrom the West Coast shown) could face catastrophic losses if the deadly Bsal fungus invades via the international live-animal trade.